Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
PLINY THE ELDERMost men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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